Palestinian in construction truck rams cars

Witness Moshe Shimshi said the Palestinian driver, who was wearing a large, white skullcap commonly worn by religious Muslims, slammed into the side of the bus, then sped away and went for a car.

"He didn't yell anything, he just kept ramming into cars," Shimshi said.

Shimshi said he saw a man run toward the construction vehicle firing a pistol.

"After a few shots, I saw the driver shake and fall, and then he didn't move any more."

After the Jerusalem police chief Ilan Franco said a border police officer arrived and shot at the driver "to make sure he was killed." In the attack earlier this month, the driver of the construction vehicle was shot and presumed dead--only to revive and carry on with his attack before being shot dead.

Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski was in the area when he heard a commotion and rushed over.

The attacker "is from east Jerusalem," he said. "They keep on inventing ways to attack us," he said. "Every work tool has become a weapon."

The three latest attacks in Jerusalem have been carried out by Palestinians from the eastern sector of the city's eastern sector, where they make up less than a third of the city's population. Many east Jerusalem Palestinians work in construction in the Jewish parts of the city.

Relatives said Abu Teir did not belong to a radical faction, and had worked on construction vehicles for the past seven years.